history, her present standing in all that tends to make her grand and great, her unrivaled soil, her climate arid general environments, together with the achieve- ments of her sons and daughters, yet we must acknowledge and greet our mother �county as a worthy rival in everything pertaining to education

SOME EARLY SCHOOLS, In former papers, which I had the honor to present to this society, I enu- merated some of the past and present industries of the Valley of the Octo- rara. In the present paper I desire to call your attention to some of the early and later educational facilities of this region

has been honor- eci by her children, and though the seasons may come and go, generations be born and die, still, judging the future by the past, the Octorara ti alley will continue to furnish her quota of "Living Leaders" for our grand old county of Lancaster. These colliers generally owned small